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Question:
To determine when Laura and Tim will both go to the grocery store on the same day again, we need to find the least common multiple of the two intervals: 5 days and 6 days.
Calculate the least common multiple using the following steps:
- Find the prime factorization of each number: 5 = 5 and 6 = 2 × 3
- Find the highest power of each prime factor: \(5^1\) and \(2^1 × 3^1\)
- Multiply the prime factors together: \(5^1 × 2^1 × 3^1\) = 30
The least common multiple of 5 and 6 is 30.
This means that after 30 days, both Laura and Tim will go to the grocery store on the same day again.
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